Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-24
HOME AND FARM,

Don't forget to put little salt in
the soft morning feed. Fowls to do
well should always be fed little of it
daily, dissolved in food. Its use pre-
vents and cures many vicious habits.
Try it.-Troy Times.
Fried Herrings: Clean them and
scale and dry in a towel. Take a
a piece of letter paper, rub a little hot
or cold butter on it, fold a herring in
it. salt and pepper it and broil. Eat
with a little lemon juice or make a
sauce with butter and vinegar.-Ez-
change.
Breakfast Biscuit: One quart of
flour, one-half teaspoonful salt, two
teaspoonfuls baking powder, one-half
ounce butter; mix together; add milk
enough to make soft dough; roll out
quickly, handling as little as posi-
BILE, and bake in a quick oven.-Ihe
Caterer.
Cattle should not be permitted to
feed on clover land in the early spring,
as the crop will hardly be able to de-
velop in full vigor if this be done.
Neither should stock be permitted to
Craze on it late in the autumn. as this
renders it very liable to winter-killing.
Albany Journal.
When purchasing pure-bred stock
give the preference to those breeds best
adapted to the soil, climate and facili-
ties of the farm. 1t will not do to sud-
denly transfer an animal from luxu-
RANT pasture to a barren hillside.
Good breeding is important, but the
best of breeds will fail to give satisfac-
ton unless kept under proper condi-
tions.-Clevela,ad Leader.
Sponge Jelly Roll: Four eggs, one
cup and half sugar, one tablespoon
baking powder, beat the whites sepa-
rately and the sugar and the
yelks together until very light, then
add part of the whites, then a cup Of
flour, then beat well, then little
more flour, then the rest of the whites
and stir easy; put it in and bake.
Spread and roll as quick as you can
Boston Budget.
Although the hogs are more sem
sitive to cold than other domestic ami.
mails. yet they receive less protection
during winter. The most important
requisite in pig-sty is dryness. The
accumulations of slush and manure
usually found in some pens are fruitful
causes of cholera and other diseases,
and it is practice to pour corn into
such pens, one-half of which is wasted.
Better treatment of the hogs would in
sure greater weight on smaller pro-
portion of food.-Sdn Francisco Chroas-
icle.
Notwithstanding great care, pi-
amos, and especially uprights, will be-
come smeared and lack lustre. Do not
attempt to use any varnishes or furni-
ture polishes, but take luke warm
water, make soapsuds and wash thor
oughly, small space at a time, either
with a sponge or soft rag, quickly rub
bling dry with q larger rag. A piece
of old tablecloth is the best for this
purpose.-N. 7. Examiner.
Foremost among all fertilizers is
common barnyard manure. That
which gives it its peculiar value is that
it contains all the plant elements, and
I
hence we call it a general and not a
specific manure. To be sure, there are
certain concentrated manures which,
if the soil requires the particular plant
elements of which they are composed,
will yield larger returns, pound for
pound, than will barnyard manure.
Yet for general use upon the farm there
is nothing that will take the place of
this most common manure Western
Rurdl.
All seeds will run out unless kept
up by selection. Many of the kinds Of
fered as new are only fixed up by selec-
ton from old varieties. The improve
ment of squash and cucumber seeds by
age can be explained on scientific prin-
ciples. When fresh, they are f1eshY
and contain pabulum, which gives
vigor to the young plants, but with age
they get rid of the surplus food.
Cucumbers from old seed fruit a great
deal better, and melen plants are
shorter jointed, and flower at the third
or fourth joint, when from fresh seed
they would not live a flower until the
tenth. Boston Globe.